Day 1: August 23, 2022, Tuesday
08:00 - 17:30 Conference Registration
08:15 - 17:30 Workshops and Short Courses
  • Circular Economy Pathways in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Region – Barriers and Opportunities
    Dr. Nidhi Nagabhatla, The United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS), Belgium
    Dr. Paula C. Soto-Rios, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA), Bolivia
    Dr. Brenda Acevedo-Juárez Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico


  • The Practice of Indigenous Inclusion in Research and Project Resource Management
    Dale C. Booth, Innovation 7
    Dr. Catherine N. Mulligan, Concordia University & Innovation 7
    Karen K. Dolan, Innovation 7
    Audrey Nerino, Innovation 7
Day 2: August 24, 2022, Wednesday
07:30 - 08:30 Conference Registration
08:30 - 09:20 Opening Ceremony
09:20 - 09:55
Plenary Keynote Presentation: A Compact and Self-Contained Wastewater Treatment Technology for In-Situ and Community Wastewater Treatment

Dr. Jingxu (Jesse) Zhu

Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) & Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Western University
09:55 - 10:15 Refreshment Break & Group Photo
10:15 - 12:00 Parallel Technical Sessions:
  • Session 1-A: Water Resources and Water Quality Management
  • Session 2-A: Climate Change Modeling and Impact Assessment
  • Session 3-A: Emerging Contaminants - Fate, Transport and Effect
12:00 - 13:15 Lunch
13:15 - 13:50
Plenary Keynote Presentation: Circular Bioeconomy in the Food, Energy, and Environment Nexus

Dr. Vijaya Raghavan

James McGill Professor
Department of Bioresource Engineering
McGill University
13:50 - 14:05 Break (room switching for parallel sessions)
14:05 - 15:35 Parallel Technical Sessions:
  • Session 4: Waste Management and Minimization
  • Session 2-B: Climate Change Modeling and Impact Assessment
  • Session 3-B: Emerging Contaminants - Fate, Transport and Effect
15:35 - 16:00 Refreshment Break & Poster Session (click here to view the list of all posters)
16:00 - 17:30 Parallel Technical Sessions:
  • Session 1-B: Water Resources and Water Quality Management
  • Session 2-C: Climate Change Modeling and Impact Assessment
  • Session 5: Marine and Coastal Environmental Protection
Day 3: August 25, 2022, Thursday
08:00 - 08:30 Conference Registration
08:30 - 09:05
Plenary Keynote Presentation: Biology of Emerging Contaminants, Do They Really Eventually Emerge?

Dr. Lisa Alvarez-Cohen

Vice Provost for Academic Planning
Fred and Claire Sauer Professor of Environmental Engineering
University of California Berkeley
09:05 - 09:20 Break (room switching for parallel sessions)
09:20 - 10:35 Parallel Technical Sessions:
  • Session 6: Wastewater Treatment and Sludge Management
  • Session 7: Environmental Modeling and Decision Making
  • Session 8: Environmental Sustainability
10:35 - 11:00 Refreshment Break & Poster Session (click here to view the list of all posters)
11:00 - 12:00 Parallel Technical Sessions:
  • Session 1-C: Water Resources and Water Quality Management
  • Session 9-A: Inland and Marine Oil Spill Response
  • Session 10: Human Health and Ecotoxicology
12:00 - 13:15 Lunch
13:15 - 13:50
Plenary Keynote Presentation: Climate Modeling for Actionable Science

Dr. L. Ruby Leung

Battelle Fellow, Earth Science
Earth Systems Analysis & Modeling
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
13:50 - 14:05 Break (room switching for parallel sessions)
14:05 - 15:35 Parallel Technical Sessions:
  • Session 11-A: Water and Wastewater Treatment
  • Session 9-B: Inland and Marine Oil Spill Response
  • Session 12-A: Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation and Planning
15:35 - 16:00 Refreshment Break
16:00 - 17:30 Parallel Technical Sessions:
  • Session 11-B: Water and Wastewater Treatment
  • Session 13: Environmental Biotechnology and Nanotechnologyt
  • Session 12-B: Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation and Planning
17:30 - 18:30 Break
18:30 - 21:30 Award Ceremony and Dinner
Day 4: August 26, 2022, Friday - Guided Field Trips in PEI
Morning Route Tentative Sites:
  • Charlottetown Wastewater Treatment Plant
  • Tea Hill Park, Town of Stratford
  • Downtown Charlottetown
Afternoon Route Tentative Sites:
  • Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation, St Peter's Bay
  • PEI National Park - Greenwich
Social Activities We are parterning with the Fox Meadow golf course to offer some social networking activities for our conference delegates, with some discounted rates (download the flyer). If you are interested in attending the networking activities, please contact the Fox Meadow directly to make a reservation.

Fox Meadow Golf Course
Website: https://foxmeadow.pe.ca/
Address: 167 Kinlock Road, Stratford, PE, Canada C1B 2V6
Phone: 1-877-569-8337 (TEES)
Fox Meadow Golf Course